Two decades of secrets. One shocking discovery...
When a skull is found in Lough Coyne, facial reconstruction expert Dr Carla Steele is drawn into a fourteen-year-old case - but not all cases are cold, as Carla discovers when she and DS Jack Maguire find the brutally murdered body of a local woman close to the water's edge.
Together with Carla's partner, criminal psychologist Grace Franciosi, Carla and Jack uncover a tragic story with very dangerous and current implications.
Since the disappearance of her best friend, Carla has dedicated her career to bringing the dead home, but this time it's the living who are counting on her. In a race to save another woman, will they be able to stop the killer in time?
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CARLA STEELE ROLLED her chair closer to her desk, her concentration fixed on the screen in front of her - on the damaged eye socket of a human skull.- Chapter 1
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(@CorvusBooks, 4 January 2024, e-galley, 480 pages, #ARC from the publisher via @NetGalley)
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I'm a fan of the author and thought Three Little Birds sounded like a good thriller. I enjoyed it a look. The meaning of the title didn't become clear to me until quite far into the book. This offers everything you'd expect from a decent thriller - fast pace, plenty of action and drama, twists and turns and excellent characters to carry the story. I liked the way the major revelations unfolded and how the full story doesn't emerge until late in the book. I had no idea what if anything connected the skull and the recent murders.